diff --git a/app/src/adapter/adapter-test-suite.ts b/app/src/adapter/adapter-test-suite.ts
index 38890ee..8ba2db3 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/adapter-test-suite.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/adapter-test-suite.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { TestRunner } from "core/test";
-import type { BkndConfig, DefaultArgs, FrameworkOptions, RuntimeOptions } from "./index";
+import type { BkndConfig, DefaultArgs } from "./index";
 import type { App } from "App";
 
 export function adapterTestSuite<
@@ -13,16 +13,8 @@ export function adapterTestSuite<
       label = "app",
       overrides = {},
    }: {
-      makeApp: (
-         config: Config,
-         args?: Args,
-         opts?: RuntimeOptions | FrameworkOptions,
-      ) => Promise<App>;
-      makeHandler?: (
-         config?: Config,
-         args?: Args,
-         opts?: RuntimeOptions | FrameworkOptions,
-      ) => (request: Request) => Promise<Response>;
+      makeApp: (config: Config, args?: Args) => Promise<App>;
+      makeHandler?: (config?: Config, args?: Args) => (request: Request) => Promise<Response>;
       label?: string;
       overrides?: {
          dbUrl?: string;
@@ -30,7 +22,6 @@ export function adapterTestSuite<
    },
 ) {
    const { test, expect, mock } = testRunner;
-   const id = crypto.randomUUID();
 
    test(`creates ${label}`, async () => {
       const beforeBuild = mock(async () => null) as any;
@@ -53,7 +44,6 @@ export function adapterTestSuite<
             url: overrides.dbUrl ?? ":memory:",
             origin: "localhost",
          } as any,
-         { force: false, id },
       );
       expect(app).toBeDefined();
       expect(app.toJSON().server.cors.origin).toEqual("localhost");
@@ -68,8 +58,8 @@ export function adapterTestSuite<
          return { res, data };
       };
 
-      test.skip("responds with the same app id", async () => {
-         const fetcher = makeHandler(undefined, undefined, { force: false, id });
+      /* test.skip("responds with the same app id", async () => {
+         const fetcher = makeHandler(undefined, undefined, { id });
 
          const { res, data } = await getConfig(fetcher);
          expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
@@ -79,12 +69,12 @@ export function adapterTestSuite<
 
       test.skip("creates fresh & responds to api config", async () => {
          // set the same id, but force recreate
-         const fetcher = makeHandler(undefined, undefined, { id, force: true });
+         const fetcher = makeHandler(undefined, undefined, { id });
 
          const { res, data } = await getConfig(fetcher);
          expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
          expect(res.status).toBe(200);
          expect(data.server.cors.origin).toEqual("*");
-      });
+      }); */
    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.spec.ts b/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.spec.ts
index 3f3d1e8..54f3eb2 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ afterAll(enableConsoleLog);
 describe("astro adapter", () => {
    adapterTestSuite(bunTestRunner, {
       makeApp: astro.getApp,
-      makeHandler: (c, a, o) => (request: Request) => astro.serve(c, a, o)({ request }),
+      makeHandler: (c, a) => (request: Request) => astro.serve(c, a)({ request }),
    });
 });
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.ts
index a684f73..7f24923 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/astro/astro.adapter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type FrameworkBkndConfig, createFrameworkApp, type FrameworkOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
+import { type FrameworkBkndConfig, createFrameworkApp } from "bknd/adapter";
 
 type AstroEnv = NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 type TAstro = {
@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@ export type AstroBkndConfig<Env = AstroEnv> = FrameworkBkndConfig<Env>;
 export async function getApp<Env = AstroEnv>(
    config: AstroBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts: FrameworkOptions = {},
 ) {
-   return await createFrameworkApp(config, args ?? import.meta.env, opts);
+   return await createFrameworkApp(config, args ?? import.meta.env);
 }
 
-export function serve<Env = AstroEnv>(
-   config: AstroBkndConfig<Env> = {},
-   args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: FrameworkOptions,
-) {
+export function serve<Env = AstroEnv>(config: AstroBkndConfig<Env> = {}, args: Env = {} as Env) {
    return async (fnArgs: TAstro) => {
-      return (await getApp(config, args, opts)).fetch(fnArgs.request);
+      return (await getApp(config, args)).fetch(fnArgs.request);
    };
 }
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/aws/aws-lambda.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/aws/aws-lambda.adapter.ts
index ad19047..8c43b3d 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/aws/aws-lambda.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/aws/aws-lambda.adapter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { App } from "bknd";
 import { handle } from "hono/aws-lambda";
 import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
-import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp, type RuntimeOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
+import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp } from "bknd/adapter";
 
 type AwsLambdaEnv = object;
 export type AwsLambdaBkndConfig<Env extends AwsLambdaEnv = AwsLambdaEnv> =
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export type AwsLambdaBkndConfig<Env extends AwsLambdaEnv = AwsLambdaEnv> =
 export async function createApp<Env extends AwsLambdaEnv = AwsLambdaEnv>(
    { adminOptions = false, assets, ...config }: AwsLambdaBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ): Promise<App> {
    let additional: Partial<RuntimeBkndConfig> = {
       adminOptions,
@@ -57,17 +56,15 @@ export async function createApp<Env extends AwsLambdaEnv = AwsLambdaEnv>(
          ...additional,
       },
       args ?? process.env,
-      opts,
    );
 }
 
 export function serve<Env extends AwsLambdaEnv = AwsLambdaEnv>(
    config: AwsLambdaBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ) {
    return async (event) => {
-      const app = await createApp(config, args, opts);
+      const app = await createApp(config, args);
       return await handle(app.server)(event);
    };
 }
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/aws/aws.adapter.spec.ts b/app/src/adapter/aws/aws.adapter.spec.ts
index e6873d8..e3007e4 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/aws/aws.adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/aws/aws.adapter.spec.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ describe("aws adapter", () => {
    adapterTestSuite(bunTestRunner, {
       makeApp: awsLambda.createApp,
       // @todo: add a request to lambda event translator?
-      makeHandler: (c, a, o) => async (request: Request) => {
-         const app = await awsLambda.createApp(c, a, o);
+      makeHandler: (c, a) => async (request: Request) => {
+         const app = await awsLambda.createApp(c, a);
          return app.fetch(request);
       },
    });
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
index be87da1..00b61b5 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference types="bun-types" />
 
 import path from "node:path";
-import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp, type RuntimeOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
+import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp } from "bknd/adapter";
 import { registerLocalMediaAdapter } from ".";
 import { config, type App } from "bknd";
 import type { ServeOptions } from "bun";
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export type BunBkndConfig<Env = BunEnv> = RuntimeBkndConfig<Env> & Omit<ServeOpt
 export async function createApp<Env = BunEnv>(
    { distPath, serveStatic: _serveStatic, ...config }: BunBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ) {
    const root = path.resolve(distPath ?? "./node_modules/bknd/dist", "static");
    registerLocalMediaAdapter();
@@ -28,19 +27,17 @@ export async function createApp<Env = BunEnv>(
          ...config,
       },
       args ?? (process.env as Env),
-      opts,
    );
 }
 
 export function createHandler<Env = BunEnv>(
    config: BunBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ) {
    let app: App | undefined;
    return async (req: Request) => {
       if (!app) {
-         app = await createApp(config, args ?? (process.env as Env), opts);
+         app = await createApp(config, args ?? (process.env as Env));
       }
       return app.fetch(req);
    };
@@ -60,7 +57,6 @@ export function serve<Env = BunEnv>(
       ...serveOptions
    }: BunBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ) {
    Bun.serve({
       ...serveOptions,
@@ -77,7 +73,6 @@ export function serve<Env = BunEnv>(
             serveStatic,
          },
          args,
-         opts,
       ),
    });
 
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.spec.ts b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.spec.ts
index 21b1f39..65477b6 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.spec.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ describe("cf adapter", () => {
    });
 
    adapterTestSuite<CloudflareBkndConfig, CloudflareContext<any>>(bunTestRunner, {
-      makeApp: async (c, a, o) => {
-         return await createApp(c, { env: a } as any, o);
+      makeApp: async (c, a) => {
+         return await createApp(c, { env: a } as any);
       },
-      makeHandler: (c, a, o) => {
+      makeHandler: (c, a) => {
          console.log("args", a);
          return async (request: any) => {
             const app = await createApp(
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ describe("cf adapter", () => {
                   connection: { url: DB_URL },
                },
                a as any,
-               o,
             );
             return app.fetch(request);
          };
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts
index 091dc30..05c8332 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Hono } from "hono";
 import { serveStatic } from "hono/cloudflare-workers";
 import type { MaybePromise } from "bknd";
 import { $console } from "bknd/utils";
-import { createRuntimeApp, type RuntimeOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
+import { createRuntimeApp } from "bknd/adapter";
 import { registerAsyncsExecutionContext, makeConfig, type CloudflareContext } from "./config";
 
 declare global {
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ export type CloudflareBkndConfig<Env = CloudflareEnv> = RuntimeBkndConfig<Env> &
 export async function createApp<Env extends CloudflareEnv = CloudflareEnv>(
    config: CloudflareBkndConfig<Env>,
    ctx: Partial<CloudflareContext<Env>> = {},
-   opts: RuntimeOptions = {
-      // by default, require the app to be rebuilt every time
-      force: true,
-   },
 ) {
    const appConfig = await makeConfig(
       {
@@ -53,7 +49,7 @@ export async function createApp<Env extends CloudflareEnv = CloudflareEnv>(
       },
       ctx,
    );
-   return await createRuntimeApp<Env>(appConfig, ctx?.env, opts);
+   return await createRuntimeApp<Env>(appConfig, ctx?.env);
 }
 
 // compatiblity
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/index.ts b/app/src/adapter/index.ts
index e79c3a4..fbb5e5c 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/index.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ export type BkndConfig<Args = any> = CreateAppConfig & {
 
 export type FrameworkBkndConfig<Args = any> = BkndConfig<Args>;
 
-export type CreateAdapterAppOptions = {
-   force?: boolean;
-   id?: string;
-};
-export type FrameworkOptions = CreateAdapterAppOptions;
-export type RuntimeOptions = CreateAdapterAppOptions;
-
 export type RuntimeBkndConfig<Args = any> = BkndConfig<Args> & {
    distPath?: string;
    serveStatic?: MiddlewareHandler | [string, MiddlewareHandler];
@@ -63,7 +56,6 @@ const apps = new Map<string, App>();
 export async function createAdapterApp<Config extends BkndConfig = BkndConfig, Args = DefaultArgs>(
    config: Config = {} as Config,
    args?: Args,
-   opts?: CreateAdapterAppOptions,
 ): Promise<App> {
    const appConfig = await makeConfig(config, args);
    if (!appConfig.connection || !Connection.isConnection(appConfig.connection)) {
@@ -85,9 +77,8 @@ export async function createAdapterApp<Config extends BkndConfig = BkndConfig, A
 export async function createFrameworkApp<Args = DefaultArgs>(
    config: FrameworkBkndConfig = {},
    args?: Args,
-   opts?: FrameworkOptions,
 ): Promise<App> {
-   const app = await createAdapterApp(config, args, opts);
+   const app = await createAdapterApp(config, args);
 
    if (!app.isBuilt()) {
       if (config.onBuilt) {
@@ -110,9 +101,8 @@ export async function createFrameworkApp<Args = DefaultArgs>(
 export async function createRuntimeApp<Args = DefaultArgs>(
    { serveStatic, adminOptions, ...config }: RuntimeBkndConfig<Args> = {},
    args?: Args,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ): Promise<App> {
-   const app = await createAdapterApp(config, args, opts);
+   const app = await createAdapterApp(config, args);
 
    if (!app.isBuilt()) {
       app.emgr.onEvent(
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/nextjs/nextjs.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/nextjs/nextjs.adapter.ts
index bce7009..ba0953b 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/nextjs/nextjs.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/nextjs/nextjs.adapter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createFrameworkApp, type FrameworkBkndConfig, type FrameworkOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
+import { createFrameworkApp, type FrameworkBkndConfig } from "bknd/adapter";
 import { isNode } from "bknd/utils";
 import type { NextApiRequest } from "next";
 
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ export type NextjsBkndConfig<Env = NextjsEnv> = FrameworkBkndConfig<Env> & {
 export async function getApp<Env = NextjsEnv>(
    config: NextjsBkndConfig<Env>,
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: FrameworkOptions,
 ) {
-   return await createFrameworkApp(config, args ?? (process.env as Env), opts);
+   return await createFrameworkApp(config, args ?? (process.env as Env));
 }
 
 function getCleanRequest(req: Request, cleanRequest: NextjsBkndConfig["cleanRequest"]) {
@@ -41,10 +40,9 @@ function getCleanRequest(req: Request, cleanRequest: NextjsBkndConfig["cleanRequ
 export function serve<Env = NextjsEnv>(
    { cleanRequest, ...config }: NextjsBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: FrameworkOptions,
 ) {
    return async (req: Request) => {
-      const app = await getApp(config, args, opts);
+      const app = await getApp(config, args);
       const request = getCleanRequest(req, cleanRequest);
       return app.fetch(request);
    };
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
index 5a2c058..fd96086 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { serve as honoServe } from "@hono/node-server";
 import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
 import { registerLocalMediaAdapter } from "adapter/node/storage";
-import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp, type RuntimeOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
+import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp } from "bknd/adapter";
 import { config as $config, type App } from "bknd";
 import { $console } from "bknd/utils";
 
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export type NodeBkndConfig<Env = NodeEnv> = RuntimeBkndConfig<Env> & {
 export async function createApp<Env = NodeEnv>(
    { distPath, relativeDistPath, ...config }: NodeBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ) {
    const root = path.relative(
       process.cwd(),
@@ -36,19 +35,17 @@ export async function createApp<Env = NodeEnv>(
       },
       // @ts-ignore
       args ?? { env: process.env },
-      opts,
    );
 }
 
 export function createHandler<Env = NodeEnv>(
    config: NodeBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ) {
    let app: App | undefined;
    return async (req: Request) => {
       if (!app) {
-         app = await createApp(config, args ?? (process.env as Env), opts);
+         app = await createApp(config, args ?? (process.env as Env));
       }
       return app.fetch(req);
    };
@@ -57,13 +54,12 @@ export function createHandler<Env = NodeEnv>(
 export function serve<Env = NodeEnv>(
    { port = $config.server.default_port, hostname, listener, ...config }: NodeBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: RuntimeOptions,
 ) {
    honoServe(
       {
          port,
          hostname,
-         fetch: createHandler(config, args, opts),
+         fetch: createHandler(config, args),
       },
       (connInfo) => {
          $console.log(`Server is running on http://localhost:${connInfo.port}`);
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.spec.ts b/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.spec.ts
index 25ef895..bb525c7 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ afterAll(enableConsoleLog);
 describe("react-router adapter", () => {
    adapterTestSuite(bunTestRunner, {
       makeApp: rr.getApp,
-      makeHandler: (c, a, o) => (request: Request) => rr.serve(c, a?.env, o)({ request }),
+      makeHandler: (c, a) => (request: Request) => rr.serve(c, a?.env)({ request }),
    });
 });
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.ts
index 4474509..f37260d 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/react-router/react-router.adapter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { type FrameworkBkndConfig, createFrameworkApp } from "bknd/adapter";
-import type { FrameworkOptions } from "adapter";
 
 type ReactRouterEnv = NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 type ReactRouterFunctionArgs = {
@@ -10,17 +9,15 @@ export type ReactRouterBkndConfig<Env = ReactRouterEnv> = FrameworkBkndConfig<En
 export async function getApp<Env = ReactRouterEnv>(
    config: ReactRouterBkndConfig<Env>,
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: FrameworkOptions,
 ) {
-   return await createFrameworkApp(config, args ?? process.env, opts);
+   return await createFrameworkApp(config, args ?? process.env);
 }
 
 export function serve<Env = ReactRouterEnv>(
    config: ReactRouterBkndConfig<Env> = {},
    args: Env = {} as Env,
-   opts?: FrameworkOptions,
 ) {
    return async (fnArgs: ReactRouterFunctionArgs) => {
-      return (await getApp(config, args, opts)).fetch(fnArgs.request);
+      return (await getApp(config, args)).fetch(fnArgs.request);
    };
 }
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts
index c69bc1e..a4cb346 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
 import { type DevServerOptions, default as honoViteDevServer } from "@hono/vite-dev-server";
 import type { App } from "bknd";
-import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp, type FrameworkOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
+import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp } from "bknd/adapter";
 import { registerLocalMediaAdapter } from "bknd/adapter/node";
 import { devServerConfig } from "./dev-server-config";
 import type { MiddlewareHandler } from "hono";
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ ${addBkndContext ? "<!-- BKND_CONTEXT -->" : ""}
 async function createApp<ViteEnv>(
    config: ViteBkndConfig<ViteEnv> = {},
    env: ViteEnv = {} as ViteEnv,
-   opts: FrameworkOptions = {},
 ): Promise<App> {
    registerLocalMediaAdapter();
    return await createRuntimeApp(
@@ -47,18 +46,13 @@ async function createApp<ViteEnv>(
          ],
       },
       env,
-      opts,
    );
 }
 
-export function serve<ViteEnv>(
-   config: ViteBkndConfig<ViteEnv> = {},
-   args?: ViteEnv,
-   opts?: FrameworkOptions,
-) {
+export function serve<ViteEnv>(config: ViteBkndConfig<ViteEnv> = {}, args?: ViteEnv) {
    return {
       async fetch(request: Request, env: any, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
-         const app = await createApp(config, env, opts);
+         const app = await createApp(config, env);
          return app.fetch(request, env, ctx);
       },
    };